Primary Care Corner with Geoffrey Modest MD: Tylenol in Pregnancy, and Differing Interpretations of Serious Women Vs. Men

By Dr. Geoffrey Modest The NY Times had a couple of interesting articles recently: They had an opinion piece on the potential adverse effects of acetaminophen in pregnancy (see http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/opinion/sunday/the-trouble-with-tylenol-and-pregnancy.html), which was prompted by a recent article in JAMA Pediatrics (see doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.1775 ), but they also make the following points (I added some of the scientific details and provided […]

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